GLIN==> World Bank Report on Climate, Dean Bierbaum, UM-Sch Nat Res & Env

World Bank Report Calls for Climate Action

 WASHINGTON, D.C.-Developing countries can shift to lower-carbon paths while promoting development and reducing poverty, but this depends on financial and technical assistance from high-income countries, according to a new World Bank report released Tuesday. High-income countries also need to act quickly to reduce their carbon footprints and boost development of alternative energy sources to help tackle the problem of climate change.

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"The latest and best scientific evidence suggests that at global warming of more than 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures, more than a billion people could face water scarcity, 15 to 30 percent of species worldwide could be doomed to extinction, and hunger will rise, particularly in tropical countries," said SNRE Dean Rosina M. Bierbaum, co-director of the World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change.  See Report: <http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2010>

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Dean Rosina M. Bierbaum, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment

Multimedia Resources About Climate Change:
· Impact of climate change on developing countries <http://streaming3.worldbank.org/asxgen/ext/media/wdr10rosinaQ1.wmv>
· How well equipped is the developing world in dealing with climate change? <http://streaming3.worldbank.org/asxgen/ext/media/wdr10rosinaQ2.wmv>
· What should the developed world do? <http://streaming3.worldbank.org/asxgen/ext/media/wdr10rosinaQ3.wmv>
· The larger issues ahead <http://streaming3.worldbank.org/asxgen/ext/media/wdr2010RosinaBierbaum.wmv>
· Visit WDR 2010 multimedia Web site <http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22313333~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html>
·  WDR 2010 slideshow <http://digitalmedia.worldbank.org/SSP/web/changing-climate-for-development/>
·  Dean Bierbaum's WDR blog <http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/team/rosina-bierbaum>
·  WDR blog by Arun Agrawal, SNRE associate dean for research <http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/blogs/arun-agrawal>
·  WDR blog by Nate Engle, SNRE doctoral student and WDR consultant <http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/team/nate-engle>
·  WDR 2010 press release announcing book <http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22312494~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html>
·  WDR 2010 coverage in the media <http://news.google.com/news?q=World%20development%20report&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn>
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